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- kidswift-
Anybody go to J5 at the Brixton acadamey on Sat night. They were insanely ill! Bit sad it was a totally white audience though. But thats normally the scene sadly for any Hip Hop gig in London. Still haven't got my hearing back in my right ear though...gulp!
- agentfour0
i saw them last night at Astoria.
great show as always.The MPC school desks were sweet. And nu-mark was epic as always. Sucks that cut chemist was not there however.
- kidswift-0
Yeah for sure, Numark is wicked by seen him by himself at Cargo earlier this year and would of give my nutz to see Cut Chemist play. Was a bit gutted that Rodney P supporte J5 by doing a dj set with CD's i mean wtf Rodney P is a sic MC why the hell didn't he just pick up the mic and ryme with a DJ instead of playing snoop dog CDS. Surely in a city as big as London there would be a plethora of talented cats ready to break in a concert for J5?
- agentfour0
yeh i guess he was the same guy playing before them last night too. He was possibly the worst supporting dj i've ever seen at a show as big as that. He sucked. His shit was distorting like crazy, and all he did is drop tracks with no blending whatsoever. and CD's???? fucking clown town.
- kidswift-0
Yup sounds like him, I know truely dissapointing. What sux is hes a great MC check out DJ Skitz's LP "Country man" Rodney P features on a couple of his trax a standout being the track dedication. And fucking up a dj set with cds totally inexcuseable....
- mr_snuggles0
I'll be attending the gig in A'dam next monday... haven't seen them in about 6 years... can't imagine they'll be better this time, the first time I saw them they were back up by the beat junkies for a couple tracks and with Dilated Peoples opening, so, tag of the times says this will probably be a sub-par show....
"all white audience" it's J5 mate, what do you expect?
- kidswift-0
Don't get me wrong the concert was fuckin epic and they played a perfect mix of good new trax and the dam tasty old favs. They totally played for the crowd and made most peoples little brains burst with there perfect ryming and timing. As for the white audience I was expecting it but honestly out of 5thousand odd peeps there would of been maybe two non-white that I didn't even see. Just a shame when you are in London with supposedly the rest of world here as well....
- paraselene0
not to be contentious, i'm just asking out of curiosity, but are you white yourself?
- mr_snuggles0
just from the waist up...
- mr_snuggles0
"ma shit be draggin yo"
- kidswift-0
yeah i am totally and I am not saying this without realising the irony. I grew up in the south of New Zealnd and my very on to it and liberal Mum was always saying Ollie you live in a great country but this is not any indication as to how the world is or the people in it. She always urged me to travel and seek out and live a place where the world is as it should be a dam interest mix of everyone on the planet. And know I live here thats one of the things i just love about London is being surronded by people from all over this crazy planet it totally makes me buzz and makes me feel very at home. I guess then I just find it a little sad that with the amount of gigs I go to of music from the world over it still always seem to be people just like me IE) age / background that seem to go... it just dosen't seem to be a representation of those who I perceive to be the only ones listening to it. Hell its just my rather flawed opinion though but dosen't anyone else ever feel the same?
- paraselene0
well, i think the problem might be that j5 is a group that's always had a totally gentrified following.
you might have been in brixton, but you weren't really in brixton, see?
if you want to experience something really cool in that neighbourhood you should go to the effra which is a pub where they have live jazz and great soul food like goat curry.
hit it up on a thursday or friday and you'll get to mix with the cool old fellahs with their hats on playing domino while they listen to the music.
- paraselene0
snuggles, i'm not ignoring you, i'm just at a loss for words.
- mr_snuggles0
I know what yer saying swift, I just think that utopia is a long ways from london, or earth for that matter... To be fair, if you listen to the 'backpaker set' of hip hop [which I do too] don't expect much other than white and asian folk with a drizzling of pepper... unless yer in the US
it's been this way for as long as I can remember in Canada [toronto] and now I find the same in A'dam. // It's cool that way though, nobody gets shot or stabbed....
- rasko40
seriously though, when has J5 ever excited a black crowd in the UK? They are veterans at Reading for fucks sake. J5 has the white appeal in London, in fact all backpacker type beats is a white audience predominantly, the black kids are into a different vibe, and party breaks in the astoria isn't it.
- mr_snuggles0
guess you ddin't see thse strange 'drag marks' at my flat eh, el?
Or what about when I offered you a clean towel but had both my hands occupied...
- kidswift-0
True, true. I mean I know why it is that they get a white crowd but I just think its a dam shame. I used to live on Rushcroft road a year ago so went to the effra all the time, great bar I miss the hell out of it esp the Jazz nights on Wednesday! In fact i miss the hell out of Brixton full stop, Ritzy theatre, plan b, fresh food market, great library, smell of skunk on the way to work in the morning.... arh takes me back!
- agentfour0
if its any consellation, the astoria show wasnt like that, definate mix of crew, plenty of young wierdos, hippies, hip hop heads etc etc.
- paraselene0
now that you mention it, all the signs were there. how could i have been so blind...
- mr_snuggles0
what kind of crowd does diplo gather in London? Anyone been to one of his shows? He's definitely inspired me to start mixing all sorts of hip hop, mainstream, grime, indie, freestyle etc. all has a lot of potential for a very quality yet danceable set...too bad his skills surpass mine 100 fold...
- _salisae_0
rasko was the only black person I saw in london